GrantedCommercialDecided 5 December 2007

Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Construction of a two-storey commercial and community centre in Rathfarnham.

SD07A/0628 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 8 November 2007

Reference: SD07A/0628
Authority: South Dublin County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: Permission
Received: 8 November 2007

Summary

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Permission is sought for alterations to an approved layout to construct a two-storey commercial and community centre of approximately 3,650 sqm in Rathfarnham. The building will contain a supermarket, seven ground-floor retail units, a first-floor retail unit, two offices, two crèches, a community centre, and 124 parking spaces.

Commercialsupermarketcrecheretailcommunity

Storeys: 2
Floor area: 3,650 m²

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Official record

Development description

Alterations and additions to approved layout (reg. Ref. Sd05a/1014) to include the construction of a two storey commercial/community centre of c. 3,650.03sqm (including circulation areas) containing the following uses on the ground floor: a supermarket of c. 1,039.64sqm including ancillary offices, toilet and storage facilities, 7 no. Retail units totaling c. 817.87sqm (shop no. 1 c. 187.51sqm, shop no. 2 c. 118.30sqm, shop no. 3 c. 116.82sqm, shop no. 4 c. 104.3sq. M. , shop no. 5 c. 103.03sqm, shop no. 6 c. 93.81sqm, shop no. 7 c. 94.03sqm) including ancillary toilet and storage facilities, circulation and common area of c. 118.77sqm. The following is proposed at first floor level: 1 no. Retail unit (c. 187.01sqm), 2 no. Offices (office no. 1 c. 108.61sqm, office no. 2 c. 108.61sqm), 2 no. Crèches including reception area totaling c. 792.16sqm (crèche no. 1 c. 365.51sqm, crèche no. 2 c. 334.91sqm, reception area for both crèches of c. 91.74sqm), community centre of c. 313.46sqm, 1 no. Illuminated double sided free standing advertising sigh (c. 24sqm) 124 no. Car parking spaces, 2 no. Vehicular accesses from stocking heath park, associated on and off site development works in lieu of the previously approved 2 storey commercial/community centre of c. 3,327.5sqm with accompanying public house and car parking area on lands bounded by stocking avenue to the north and east, stocking health park to the south and public open space adjacent to stocking wood heath to the west.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

LCDC

“To protect, improve and provide for the future development of Local Centres”

National zoning type: District, neighbourhood centre

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
23 White Pines Meadow, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	Feb 2025	€590,000	101 m
22 Stocking Wood Walk, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16	Oct 2025	€580,000	105 m
7 Stocking Wood Walk, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	Sept 2025	€705,000	115 m
19 Stocking Wood Heath, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	Apr 2026	€750,000	115 m
19 White Pines Meadow, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	May 2026	€680,000	116 m
1 White Pines Heights, Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	May 2025	€680,000	135 m
13 Stocking Wood Manor, Stocking Wood, Rathfarnham Dublin 16	May 2025	€366,667	142 m
4 White Pines Drive, White Pines Stocking Avenue, Rathfarnham	Feb 2026	€605,000	169 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received8 November 2007
Further information requested24 September 2007
Further information received8 November 2007
Decision due5 December 2007
Decision issued5 December 2007
Grant issued30 January 2008

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